bluffer

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Noun
  • And the Volatility Index , whose surge to around 25 appeared a bit overdone for a mere 3% dip, has now bled lower toward 18, stranding a lot of hedgers and bearish speculators with expensive downside protection.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Britain did have to devalue after burning through billions of pounds trying to defeat the speculators.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The contenders, pretenders and everybody in between.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Adjustments will be made, and by November and December, there will be a much clearer picture of who the contenders and pretenders are.
    Mark LaSota, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.
    David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021
Noun
  • Free speech hypocrite and Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr appeared on a right wing podcast on Wednesday, and was mad at one of Kimmel’s late night jokes that mentioned dead podcaster Charlie Kirk.
    James Folta September 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Social media immediately ran to her comments, with some calling her out as a hypocrite.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The 1886 hotel was once an experimental hospital set up by infamous charlatan Norman Baker.
    Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Professional historians denounced Fomenko as a charlatan, but his countless fans remained undeterred.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Islamic eschatology warned of a deceiver who distorts perception, blurring reality.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Bluffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluffer. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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